LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1727, 29 December 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

* The San Franoisco mail closes at Aahburton on Friday next, at 5 p.m. Money orders must be obtained before 10 a.m. The Bcv Father Ohastagnon will officiate at Aahburton at the usual hours on Sunday, and at Methven on Monday, January 2nd, at 10.30 a.m. At the R.M. Court this morning, before Mr D. Williamson, J.P., and Mr D. Thomas, J.P., George McKonzia for drunkenness was oonvioted and discharged. — A female first offender for drunkenness was mulcted m the usual penalty.— ln a civil case, Moison vB. Ede, claim 18s, judgment waß given for the plaintiff by default. The following circular has been issued to officers commanding Volunteer companies : — Under instruoiions from the Defenoo Office, dated the 22nd instant, officers commanding corps are informed that m consequence of the necessity of limiting the expenditure of the Volunteer vote the capitation grant for the ensuing year (1888) will be materially reduood. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received the following cable message from their London offioe, dated 27th Deo. :— R.M.S. Bimutaka arrived, all well, at Plymouth yesterday ; meat m good condition. Timaru sailed from Auckland two days ago. A atrange story is reported from Hay, New South Wales, to the effect that all the oheques, amounting to a large sum, lost m the famous Cudgellioo mail robbery, for whioh a man named King was, some time back, sontenoed to tea years' penal servitude, have been found oonoealed m a log. Thers is a strong feeling m the district that King 1 is not the guilty person, and this is now strengthened by surrounding oironmstancea. 1 The women m Amerioa are invading everj sphere of employment. Female doctors arc 1 as plentiful as blackberries, and women arc admitted to the bar of the States; Mrs Adi 1 M. Rtttenbender, a lady barrister, has jusl I been nominated by the Nebraska Prohibitioi > Convention as their candidate for the office of district judge. The clerk of the peace m one of the New Hampshire Courts is t lady. 1 It iB calculated that 100 eggs are annuallj • consumed by every head or unit of the popu lation of the United Kingdom. This gives ai annual requirement of 3,600,000,000. 01 these 1,100,000,000 are now received from abroad, and the supply is steadily growing. It is reported m London that the Emperoi of Brazil (travelling incognito) will shorty visit the colonies. ; The Mayor of Argonia, Kan., has givec birth to a fine boy. As this is something oui ' of the usual line, it may be added that tbc , Mayor of Argonia is a woman, Mrs Susanm Salter, the only woman Mayor m the world. The oldest tombstone m Germany wai hitherto supposed to have been one at Worms dated 000 A.D.; but at Zahlbaob, a village > near Mainz, a tombstone has just been dis discovered with a Hebrew epitaph, and dated ' 806 A.D. There are now twelve ordinary mail packets orossing the Channel daily to and from Dover besides spooial boats whioh are frequently , running. The returns for one week reoentlj show that during the week no less than 11,73? persons orossed. [ The statistics Bhow that the hens of the ■ United States produoe annually 300,000,00 C [ dollars more than do the cows, 180,000,00 C dollars more than the cotton fields, and 7,000,000 more than the entire wheat crop U * sold for. In order to bring the productions of India i more under European notice the Indiac i Government is making arrangements for E 1 free distribution of Indian tea, coffee, anc | tobacco to visitors at the Grand International Exhibition to be held at Brussels next year. ! Mr Moody's ohurch at Northfield, Massachusetts, owns several large carriages, on* m eaoh district of the churoh going out everj Sunday morning gathering up persons foi worship. No charge is made to those who : avail themselves of these conveyances. At the present moment gooi butter is [ bought retail m Sydney for Is 2d per pound, and m some of tha country towns it can be Obtained for a much lower prioe. It has been Bold for 3d m the country. 1 A dreadful outrage was committed m > Summer row; Birmingham, on Oat. 7th, by a 1 man named James Hyde. He went home i drunk during the night, and attempted to loave the house again, but wag prevented by 1 bis wife and a young woman. Seizing a 1 poker he attacked them, battering them about the head until they became insensible. He ' then left the house, and gave himself up to the police. The women are m a dangerous condition. We clip the following from the " Marlborough Express " and wonder who it can refer to .-—Private advioes state a large firm of auctioneers and oattle salesmen, who have been successfully earring on business m Auckland for a quarter of a century, have had to succumb to the pressure of the times, and have called their creditors together, Their liabilities are set down at £86,000. Some of the graziers m Taranaki, Hawera, Patea, and Wanganui will, it is said, suffer heavily by the failure ; while it will mean ruin to many farmers m the Waikato. The best medioine known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Test its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, etc. — the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesty the If ing of Italy, and medical syndicates all over the globe are its patrqns. Bead the official reports that accompany eaoh bottle. Mosler, M.D., Prof. University, Greifsw Id, reportß :— The Eucalypti Extraot proved magnificently successful m very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, scaldings, broken ribs, and limbs. (" Medical Journal," Nov., 1881.) In diseases of the kidneys, either active congestion or Buppresoion, (urepmia) or albuminuria, dropsy, Hthjaßis, nothing will pQual m its action, Eucalypti Extract, Poses, sto 8 drops. Mosler, M.D., Prof., University, Greifswald, reports:— Diphtheria. Tonvila aontmually oohorent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cured m fourteen days, Surgical Clinic of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis— Scirrhus of Breast — Excision. Eucalypti Extraot employed. No swelling, heat, or discoloration. Pared m fourteen days. — (Advt,) 4